Radisson (Saskatchewan)
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| Province : | Saskatchewan | ||
| Region: | Census Division No. 16 | ||
| Coordinates : | 52 ° 28 ′ N , 107 ° 24 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 526 m ( 523 m - 529 m ) | ||
| Area : | 2.07 km² | ||
| Residents : | 505 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 244 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Municipality number: | HATMX | ||
| Postal code : | S0K 3L0 | ||
| Area code : | +1 306 | ||
| Foundation : | 1906 | ||
| Mayor : | Dave Summers | ||
Radisson is a small town with the status of a town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan .
location
Radisson is northwest of the province's most populous city, Saskatoon , halfway to North Battleford . Both are around 70 kilometers away from Radisson, and the small town is connected to them both by Highway 16 as a section of the Yellowhead Highway and by a railway line of the Canadian National Railway , which the city no longer serves. Instead, there is passenger transport with buses of the state Saskatchewan Transportation Company. For air traffic, Radisson has a small landing area with a grass runway on the eastern edge of the city .
About two kilometers north of the city is a lake, Lake Radisson , and the bank of the North Saskatchewan River is about twelve kilometers to the south. The small parish of the city is completely covered by the area of the rural community Great Bend No. 405 , so it forms an enclave .
history
The first settlers of European descent settled in the region at the beginning of the 19th century. Jarvis Goodrich is considered to be the pioneer, and was entered in the land register as the owner of a large area on Lake Radisson. He sold parts of it to subsequent settlers, and the settlement that developed from this was named Goodrich. The first shop and a post office were built in 1903, about three kilometers north of the current location of the city, and a second shop followed in 1904.
In early 1905, the Canadian Northern Railway acquired a strip of land to build its railway line and a town on it. In the spring of the same year, the planned layout of the future city was marked out, and the railway line was also put into operation in 1905. 65 buildings had been erected by the end of the year, including the train station, a hotel and the first grain silo . The railway company named their city after Pierre-Esprit Radisson , a French explorer and fur trader, the name Goodrich was abandoned. The official establishment took place in 1906, initially with the status of a village. In 1913 it was upgraded to town.
Radisson today
Radisson today serves as the central location of a largely rural area. There are different types of shops, service providers and gastronomic offers. Lutherans and Baptists each have a parish , and the former United Church of Canada now houses a small museum. A school existed until 2004, since then the children have to be taken to Maymont , 25 kilometers away, by buses .
Sons of the city
- Peter Dmytruk (1920–1943), Air Force soldier, Resistance fighter
- Bill Hajt (* 1951), ice hockey player
Web links
- Entry Radisson in the Saskatchewan Encyclopedia
- Former website of the city ( Memento of May 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Statistics Canada 2011 census profile (English, French)
- Community Profile on the Saskatchewan Government website
- Radisson is listed on the Directory of Topographical Names of Canada on the Natural Resources Canada website (English, French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Communities we serve ( Memento of the original from June 28, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Overview map of the lines and places approached on the STC website, accessed on June 28, 2016 (English)
- ↑ Radisson Zion Museum on the Saskatchewan Tourism Association website, accessed June 28, 2016
